ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,926, issued on Sept. 29.

"Rifle tripod support assembly" was invented by Shawn Batten (St. John, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rifle support assembly incorporating a trigger guard mounting flange having breechward and muzzleward ends; a first tail having a breechward end and a muzzleward end, the first tail's breechward end being positioned muzzlewardly from the flange's breechward end and the first tail's muzzleward end being positioned breechwardly from the flange's muzzleward end, the first tail being fixedly attached to and extending leftwardly from the flange; and a second tail having breechward and muzzleward ends, the...